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The F-22 and F-35 Killer Finally Captured In Action

Feast your eyes in these detailed videos of the beast that is designed to match-and-crush 5th generation American combat jets. It’s the Sukhoi PAK-FA, and it comes loaded with some amazing technology from the other side of the fallen wall. https://gizmodo.com/a-look-at-fifth-generation-fighter-planes-5162787 Traditionally, the then-Soviet-now Russian fighter jets have been feared all over the world. Even…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

BMW 6 Series Transformer Helps Man Grieve His Wrecked BMW 6 Series

Crashing your BMW convertible is going to be devastating no matter what, but it helps to have a shoulder to lean on. This guy couldn’t find a shoulder to lean on, so he made one…out of his crashed BMW convertible. After wrecking his 2005 BMW 645CI, this individual’s five stages of grief went something like…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Saturator AK47 Water Gun Uses Clips of Water to Keep You Loaded

The problem with most water guns is that once your tank runs dry, you’re helpless until you can make it to a faucet. No so with the Saturator AK47! It uses clips of water to ensure you’re always full. Brilliant.

Tech News Adam Frucci

Distortion Pedal Mouse Makes Data Entry Feel Like Rocking Out, Sort Of

This Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal USB mouse was a limited-edition item in the UK that is, sadly, now sold out. But we can still appreciate how clever and awesome this thing is. [MusicRadar via Engadget]

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Water Tower That Came from Outer Space

I love the eerie feeling of Kim Høltermand‘s architecture photographs. She makes everything look like long time abandoned structures from alien planets. This is the 62-meter-high Hyllie Water Tower, in Malmö, Sweden. [Høltermand via Behance]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Vote for your the “best artist” Hugo — with your desktop wallpaper!

Every year, the Best Artist Hugo category is a dazzling sensory overload. How do you choose? For starters, Tor.com has desktop wallpapers by all the nominees, including this Age Of Misrule cover by John Picacio. [Tor.com, registration required]

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Cellular Guard System: An Idiotic Product for Idiotic People

This is the Cellular Guard System, which is to say it’s a necklace that you hook your cellphone up to so if you drop it while stirring a big bowl of sauce, it won’t fall in. Oh…my. [Cellular Guard System]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Term papers reveal which superheroes made the grade

School’s out in the comic book universes, and it’s time for superheroes and supervillains to get back those final papers. Let’s see who wowed their professors and who can expect to spend their summer studying remedial caped crusading. ComicsAlliance mocked up these term papers written by comic book characters; it’s a shame they aren’t a…

io9 Lauren Davis

The pulpy skyscapes of John Berkey

We’ve sung the praises of Star Wars concept artist John Berkey’s portrayals of arcologies and urban monoliths, but it’s worth noting how prolific the guy was. Here are some of his pulpier works that showcase space turkeys and guppies. [Net-Cafe]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Playing the Dr. Who Theme With Millions of Volts of Electricity

ArcAttack graced us with their musical Tesla coils—and an entertaining interview—at last year’s Gizmodo Gallery. And as impressed as we were with their performance then, I’m downright giddy that they’ve added the Dr. Who theme to their repertoire. https://gizmodo.com/arcattack-lightning-proof-musicians-share-their-tesla-5367329 This recent performance from Maker Faire combines so many of my favorite things: glowing mesh suits,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

AT&T Confirms Intermittent Service Disruption In Parts Of California [Updated]

Uh oh. We’re hearing reports that AT&T service is down in Los Angeles. Anyone experiencing issues there or in other parts of the country? Update 1: We’re trying to confirm the issue with AT&T. Update 2: Readers are reporting that 3G service appears to be the culprit and that toggling 3G off in their phones’…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Game Boy Soap: For the 15 Minutes a Day You Can’t Use a Real Game Boy

This Game Boy soap doesn’t actually play Tetris, but it does wash off the stink of gamersweat. So really, that’s something. [Etsy via Geeky Gadgets]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Humanity’s groundbreaking ancestor didn’t live in the forest after all

Ardipithecus ramidus, a four million year old ancestor of humans, was so important that it was declared the biggest scientific breakthrough of 2009. That might still be true – but we might also be totally wrong about where it lived. https://gizmodo.com/discovery-of-4-4-million-year-old-hominid-ardi-is-gre-5429098 A central argument that spun out of the discovery in Ethiopia of Ardipithecus ramidus…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

DC readies The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman movies

It’s about time DC dusted off some of its second-tier superheroes for big-budget movies. The Flash, Wonder Woman and Aquaman might finally get their movie debuts. It’s about time. WB’s chairman and CEO Barry Meyer spoke to Time Warner’s investors today. According to THR, he spilled the beans on a few upcoming projects. It’s no…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Fake Battery Android App Avoids Friends’ Playtime Requests

Sick of everyone playing with your Android, draining the battery? It’s as bad as the first weeks of the iPhone, somedays. Download the free Fake Battery app, so you have a legitimate excuse not to lend your phone to someone. It will pop a low battery warning up on the screen once triggered, so all…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Meth-addicted snails prove that amphetamines are the ultimate memory-enhancer

Why are scientists getting pond snails hooked on meth? To figure out how addiction works. But they discovered something else: Meth enhances memory. What you learn when high stays with you longer and more clearly than what you learn sober. Lymnaea stagnalis — better known as pond snails — are widely used to study learning…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Thanks To An Intern, Android Devs Can Now Integrate Facebook In Their Apps

The Facebook SDK for Android is the result of an engineering intern’s project and will allow Android developers to easily integrate the Facebook platform into their apps. It is now available as a beta. [Facebook]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Microsoft Might Lower Zune Pass Price To Keep Up With Competition

According to Bloomberg, Microsoft might be considering lowering the price on its Zune Pass service in order to better compete with Apple and RealNetworks. Currently the service gives you unlimited music streaming and 10 song downloads for $14.99/month. [Bloomberg]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Curing obsessive-compulsive mice with bone marrow transplants

Mice are also susceptible to obsessive-compulsive disorder, resulting in constant grooming that leaves them hairless and sore. Now some obsessive-compulsive mice were treated by replacing their bone marrow, demonstrating the first cause-and-effect link between the immune system and mental illness. This pathological grooming is the mouse equivalent of the human condition of hair-pulling, known as…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Here Are the 1000 Most Popular Websites In the World

Google just released a list of the top 1000 websites in the world, something they’re uniquely suited to rank, since most traffic funnels through them first. Google left themselves off (they’d be #1), so Facebook and Yahoo are close together at 1 and 2. To save you time, we’re at 540, edging out Pandora, Intel,…

Tech News Jason Chen

The F-22 and F-35 Killer Finally Captured In Action

BMW 6 Series Transformer Helps Man Grieve His Wrecked BMW 6 Series

Saturator AK47 Water Gun Uses Clips of Water to Keep You Loaded

Distortion Pedal Mouse Makes Data Entry Feel Like Rocking Out, Sort Of

The Water Tower That Came from Outer Space

Vote for your the “best artist” Hugo — with your desktop wallpaper!

Cellular Guard System: An Idiotic Product for Idiotic People

Term papers reveal which superheroes made the grade

The pulpy skyscapes of John Berkey

Playing the Dr. Who Theme With Millions of Volts of Electricity

AT&T Confirms Intermittent Service Disruption In Parts Of California [Updated]

Game Boy Soap: For the 15 Minutes a Day You Can’t Use a Real Game Boy

Humanity’s groundbreaking ancestor didn’t live in the forest after all

DC readies The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman movies

Fake Battery Android App Avoids Friends’ Playtime Requests

Meth-addicted snails prove that amphetamines are the ultimate memory-enhancer

Thanks To An Intern, Android Devs Can Now Integrate Facebook In Their Apps

Microsoft Might Lower Zune Pass Price To Keep Up With Competition

Curing obsessive-compulsive mice with bone marrow transplants

Here Are the 1000 Most Popular Websites In the World

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